Why is it so hard to get Facebook likes from your own friends on FB?

[hott]

I don't understand why it's so hard to get likes on Facebook. . . from your own friends and family? Is it just me or does it seem that people just don't want to help people online? People will chat with you everyday, wish you the best of luck and even tell you that you are not on your own and that they have your back. But, ask them to like something on Facebook!?

Are you kidding?? End of conversation. My question is do people experience this because I see so many pages with low number of likes and high number of friends. I just want to know if someone can break down the logic behind this. . . or are you as stumped as I am?

[Ventus]

1. You're not attractive.
2. You post stupid/annoying status's
3. No one actually looks at your status's.

You're one or two, or all of the above.

[.]

Its not a contest people. Seriously. If I hit the like button, its because it was in my top 1-5% of favorite posts for the day, maybe even for the week.

Yes, I experience it. I have a public page that displays a lot of my art work. I have a couple hundred or so friends, and less than 30 of them have liked my page. I was offended at first. But what I later realized is that they are the ones that pay attention to me while the ones who didnt like the page or my post or whatever are closer to acquaintances than friends. It would be nice to have everyone like my page, but I get not everyone wants to see my art, and I get that there are a lot of people on my friend's list that I just am not close with. I sent everyone on my list an invite when I first made the page, and havent said much since.

Instead, I went to the public to get likes. I ran an ad campaign with facebook ads (which I dont recommend unless you have a lot of money... and I had a really high click thru rate, I cant imagine if I had had a low click thru rate). I also do a lot of networking - like pages that I find interesting, leave them a post linking back to your page. There are several fb pages set up to help facilitate like exchanges similar to that. There are also many like exchange sites. You have to be careful with like exchange pages/sites though because there will be an unlike ratio, as well as a fake account ratio. I am finding that less than 1/3 of like exchange likes are real and staying. On the other hand, if all you are trying to do is make the number bigger, like exchange is a good way to do that.

Then also realize that fb double charges you. For example, I paid for my ad campaign, it ran over a month long. I have 5600 likes. But only about 400-900 people are seeing my post, because unless you pay to boost your post, the only people who will ever see it are the ones looking at their news feed the instant it posts, and anyone who sees it from their friends liking or sharing the post. About 1/6th of my fan base are never seeing my posts at all, so its hard to get likes that way. This is true across board, too. Look at pages that have millions of likes..... the proportion of likes per post is low like that, sometimes a lot lower. For instance, Britney has 27mil likes on her page. The last post was Monday, and only has 3,000 likes. So, even big name celebrities arent getting tons of likes.

[lisa]

The sad thing is most people have the frame of mind as Ventus. These people are usually socially awkward in most settings and don't have very many friends themselves. He wants to assume the worst about you and try to attack you rather than answer your question. Such a person would never like your page, because he feels compelled to criticize you as if it raises his own social status. If he doesn't have as many friends as you have, then he will not like your page or pay attention to anything you post.These are the type of people who have a small scale of friends themselves and have even more trouble getting likes. He probably doesn't have as many friends or likes as you do, nor as attractive as you are.

So here's my answer to the question:

1. Crab in the barrel mentality - I'm not going to give you a "like" because i don't want my "like" to help you get out of this barrel. I want you to stay stuck here with me.

2. Straight up jealousy - similar to the crab in the barrel mentality, but slightly different...these people think "you are all that" and want to be like you so they secretly dislike you even though they may smile in your face.

3. Some people may feel like they are too busy to take the time to "like" your page. they feel like "i'm on here to grow MY business" and don't have time to help others grow there's nor am i interested in what they are offering...they have a one track mind and are not interested in even looking at what others are doing.

4. Didn't even realize they received a message asking them to "like" your page.

5. They are not in business and have no idea how important it is to people who are trying to grow a business. They are usually the type of people who still don't even know how to attach a pic to an email. lol.